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Albany Western Australia [9]

Perth Western Australia [5]

Katanning Western Australia [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Bunbury Western Australia [2]

Bundaberg Queensland [2]

Deans Marsh Victoria [2]

Middleton South Australia [2]

Sleaford, Lincolnshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Arthur River, Western Australia [1]

Auckland [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Ballerat, Victoria, [1]

Beeac Victoria [1]

Bendigo, Victoria [1]

Beverley Western Australia [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Broomehill Western Australia [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Carlingford New South Wales [1]

Chew Stoke Somerset ENGLAND [1]

Colac Victoria [1]

Country Down [1]

Crail Scotland [1]

Deans Marsh [1]

Derby Victoria [1]

Durban [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Esperance Western Australia [1]

Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Gartly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

Glenelg South Australia [1]

Gre Gre, Victoria [1]

Hawthorne Victoria [1]

Hobart [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Hobart, Tasmania [1]

Homebush New South Wales [1]

Huddleston South Australia [1]

Hungerford Queensland [1]

Kent England [1]

Keswick, Cumberland [1]

Kiama New South Wales [1]

Konjonup Western Australia [1]

Kurting, Gunbower, Victoria [1]

Lanarkshire Scotland [1]

Laura, South Australia [1]

Liverpool England [1]

Rank

Trooper [154]

Serjeant [103]

Private [74]

Lance Corporal [65]

Corporal [58]

Lieutenant [43]

Major [28]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Captain [18]

Lieutenant Colonel [15]

Sergeant [7]

Driver [6]

Staff Serjeant Major [6]

Temporary Corporal [5]

Transport Corporal [5]

Transport Serjeant [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Staff Sergeant [4]

Commissary [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Signaller [3]

Squadron Serjeant Major [3]

Trumpeter [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Gunner [2]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Sapper [2]

Sergeant Major [2]

Signaller/Corporal [2]

Signaller/Serjeant [2]

Squadron Sergeant Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Sergeant [2]

Temporary Serjeant [2]

Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [2]

15th Reinforcement [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major now Second Lieutenant [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

C/O [1]

Cadet [1]

Unit

Australian Light Horse Regiment [376]

10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [66]

Light Horse Regiment/ Australian Light Horse Regiment [15]

Australian Light Horse [13]

Light Horse Regiment [10]

Light Horse Regiment/ Australian Forces [9]

Light Horse Regiment/Australian Forces [8]

Light Horse Regiment/ Australian Imperial Force [7]

Australian Infantry [6]

4th Australian Light Horse Regiment [5]

7th Australian Light Horse Regiment [5]

8th Australian Light Horse Regiment [5]

6th Light Horse Regiment [4]

Australian Flying Corps [4]

Light Horse Regiment/Australian Cavalry [4]

10th Light Horse Regiment [3]

13th Australian Light Horse Regiment [3]

1st Light Horse Regiment [3]

2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment [3]

2nd Light Horse Brigade [3]

2nd Light Horse Regiment [3]

3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment [3]

8th Light Horse Regiment [3]

Australian Army Service Corps [3]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Light Horse Regiment Australian Cavalry [3]

Light Horse Regiment Australian Forces [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

14th Australian General Hospital [2]

14th Australian Light Horse Regiment [2]

1st Australian Light Horse Regiment [2]

4th Light Horse Regiment [2]

5th Light Horse Regiment [2]

6th Australian Light Horse [2]

9th Australian Light Horse Regiment [2]

Army Medical Corps [2]

Australian Imperial Force/ Light Horse Regiment [2]

Australian Light Horse Regiment Australian Imperial Force [2]

Australian and New Zealand Forces [2]

Imperial Army [2]

Light Horse Australian Imperial Force [2]

Light Horse Regiment Australian Troops [2]

Light Horse Regiment/ Australian Light Horse Regiments [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

1 Australian Division [1]

1 Australian Light Horse Regiment [1]

10th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

11th Light Horse Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [451]

Australian Imperial Force [171]

Other Empire Force [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [72]

H [58]

C [56]

G [49]

B [44]

R [41]

S [39]

W [34]

F [28]

K [28]

T [23]

A [22]

P [21]

D [20]

L [19]

J [14]

O [13]

Q [8]

E [7]

N [7]

V [4]

I [2]

U [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [613]

Country

Australia [12]

United Kingdom [6]

Egypt [1]

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Albany Western Australia [9] Perth Western Australia [5] Katanning Western Australia [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Bunbury Western Australia [2] Bundaberg Queensland [2] Deans Marsh Victoria [2] Middleton South Australia [2] Sleaford, Lincolnshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Arthur River, Western Australia [1] Auckland [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Ballerat, Victoria, [1] Beeac Victoria [1] Bendigo, Victoria [1] Beverley Western Australia [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Broomehill Western Australia [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Carlingford New South Wales [1] Chew Stoke Somerset ENGLAND [1] Colac Victoria [1] Country Down [1] Crail Scotland [1] Deans Marsh [1] Derby Victoria [1] Durban [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Esperance Western Australia [1] Fremantle Western Australia [1] Gartly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] Glenelg South Australia [1] Gre Gre, Victoria [1] Hawthorne Victoria [1] Hobart [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Hobart, Tasmania [1] Homebush New South Wales [1] Huddleston South Australia [1] Hungerford Queensland [1] Kent England [1] Keswick, Cumberland [1] Kiama New South Wales [1] Konjonup Western Australia [1] Kurting, Gunbower, Victoria [1] Lanarkshire Scotland [1] Laura, South Australia [1] Liverpool England [1]

Rank

Trooper [154] Serjeant [103] Private [74] Lance Corporal [65] Corporal [58] Lieutenant [43] Major [28] Second Lieutenant [22] Captain [18] Lieutenant Colonel [15] Sergeant [7] Driver [6] Staff Serjeant Major [6] Temporary Corporal [5] Transport Corporal [5] Transport Serjeant [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Staff Sergeant [4] Commissary [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Signaller [3] Squadron Serjeant Major [3] Trumpeter [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Colonel [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Gunner [2] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Sapper [2] Sergeant Major [2] Signaller/Corporal [2] Signaller/Serjeant [2] Squadron Sergeant Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Sergeant [2] Temporary Serjeant [2] Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [2] 15th Reinforcement [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major now Second Lieutenant [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] C/O [1] Cadet [1]

Unit

Australian Light Horse Regiment [376] 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [66] Light Horse Regiment/ Australian Light Horse Regiment [15] Australian Light Horse [13] Light Horse Regiment [10] Light Horse Regiment/ Australian Forces [9] Light Horse Regiment/Australian Forces [8] Light Horse Regiment/ Australian Imperial Force [7] Australian Infantry [6] 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment [5] 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment [5] 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment [5] 6th Light Horse Regiment [4] Australian Flying Corps [4] Light Horse Regiment/Australian Cavalry [4] 10th Light Horse Regiment [3] 13th Australian Light Horse Regiment [3] 1st Light Horse Regiment [3] 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment [3] 2nd Light Horse Brigade [3] 2nd Light Horse Regiment [3] 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment [3] 8th Light Horse Regiment [3] Australian Army Service Corps [3] Australian Imperial Force [3] Light Horse Regiment Australian Cavalry [3] Light Horse Regiment Australian Forces [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] 14th Australian General Hospital [2] 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment [2] 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment [2] 4th Light Horse Regiment [2] 5th Light Horse Regiment [2] 6th Australian Light Horse [2] 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment [2] Army Medical Corps [2] Australian Imperial Force/ Light Horse Regiment [2] Australian Light Horse Regiment Australian Imperial Force [2] Australian and New Zealand Forces [2] Imperial Army [2] Light Horse Australian Imperial Force [2] Light Horse Regiment Australian Troops [2] Light Horse Regiment/ Australian Light Horse Regiments [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] 1 Australian Division [1] 1 Australian Light Horse Regiment [1] 10th Field Artillery Brigade [1] 11th Light Horse Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [451] Australian Imperial Force [171] Other Empire Force [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [72] H [58] C [56] G [49] B [44] R [41] S [39] W [34] F [28] K [28] T [23] A [22] P [21] D [20] L [19] J [14] O [13] Q [8] E [7] N [7] V [4] I [2] U [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [613]

Country

Australia [12] United Kingdom [6] Egypt [1]

Albert Edward Box

Born 1892

Died 1970

Australian Imperial Force 522 Private 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment A Squadron

Australian Imperial Force 522 Corporal 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment A Squadron

Australian Imperial Force 522 Corporal 1st Australian Light Horse Training Regiment

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George Davies John

Born 1891

Died 1974

Australian Imperial Force 624 Private 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Robert Ernest Spencer

Born 1874

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 480 Trooper 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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William Manuel Ring

Born 1890

Died 1963

Australian Imperial Force 1271 Private 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Percy Phipps Abbott

Born 1869

Died 1940

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Colonel 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Raymond Quartermaine

Born 1893

Died 1982

Australian Imperial Force 461 Sergeant 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Thomas Roydon Hogarth

Born 1882

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3295 Trooper 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Hugo Vivian Hope Throssell

Born 1884

Died 1933

British Army Second Lieutenant Australian Light Horse Regiment 10

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Carew Reynell Mid

Born 1883

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Second Lieutenant 16th Light Horse Regiment (South Australian Mounted Rifles)

Australian Imperial Force Major 22nd Light Horse Regiment

Australian Imperial Force Major 9th Light Horse Regiment

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John William Norrish

Born 1875

Died 1942

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Leslie Albert Parsons

Born 1896

Died 1953

Australian Imperial Force 189 Trooper 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Walter Henry Owen

Born 1891

Died 1972

Australian Imperial Force 663 Corporal 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Australian Imperial Force 663 Staff Sergeant 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Australian Imperial Force 663 Trooper 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment 'B' Squadron (at May 1915)

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Thomas Edward Aka Edward Quartermaine

Born 1888

Died 1958

Australian Imperial Force 2949 Driver 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Beven Samson Joseph Quartermaine

Born 1881

Died 1947

Australian Imperial Force 3431 Staff Sergeant 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Vernon Frederick Piesse

Born 1889

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Captain 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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William Leslie Owen

Born 1892

Died 1964

Australian Imperial Force 1038 Private 10th Light Horse Regiment

Australian Imperial Force 1038 Corporal 10th Light Horse Regiment

Australian Imperial Force 1038 Corporal 10th Light Horse Regiment

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Charles Coning Dale

Born 1894

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Australian Imperial Force Regimental Adjutant Australian Light Horse Regimental Headquarters

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Frank Samuel Nurton

Born 1897

Died 1953

Australian Imperial Force 1879 Trooper 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment

Australian Imperial Force 1879 Gunner Royal Australian Artillery 1st Australian Divisional Ammunition Column

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Frederick Elworthy Norrish

Born 1889

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 149 Private 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Arthur Roy Hart

Born 1885

Died 1956

Australian Imperial Force 203 Private 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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